Death or declaw: Dealing with moral ambiguity in a veterinary hospital

Society and Animals

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-342

  Atwood Harvey, Dana ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin College   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Colleges Sheboygan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CAT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HOOF AND CLAW; OBJECT RELATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CATS; HOOF AND CLAW; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 28244477513     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853005774653627     Document Type: Article

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